Routsi
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Routsi is a village in the eastern part of the municipal unit of Falaisia
. Distance from Megalopolis
is 11 km SE. The nearby communities and villages are Perivolia to the NW, Rapsommati
to the N, Anemodouri
to the NE and E, and Anavryto
to the SE.
, 6 km W of Anavryto, about 13 km SE of Megalopoli and about 65 km NNE of Kalamata
and E of Kyparissia
.
Routsi was devastated by an enormous forest fire on Sunday August 26, 2007. Routsi did not burn and the houses are now safe. The forests around Routsi and around hundreds of hectares were 70% burned. There were no firefighters and the residents of this little village were forced to save their own lives. Choppers and planes battled the blaze as it arrived during the afternoon hours and spread into Voutsara during the night. It may take several years to restore the area's natural beauty.
Routsi has a restaurant-bar in it, but no hotel or hostel. Routsi is a very relaxed village and it has a seventeen stable livery. On August 6 they organize a celebration for their main church Agia Swthra.
Falaisia
Falaisia is a village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat is in Leontari, 5 km north of the village Falaisia...
. Distance from Megalopolis
Megalopolis, Greece
Megalópoli is a town in the western part of the peripheral unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis . "Megalopolis" is a Greek word for Great city. When it was founded, in 371 BC, it was the first urbanization in rustic and primitive Arcadia. In...
is 11 km SE. The nearby communities and villages are Perivolia to the NW, Rapsommati
Rapsommati
Rapsommati is a village within the municipality of Megalopoli in the southwestcentral part of Arcadia, Greece. It is located 38 km SW of Tripoli, about six km west of Anemodouri, about 16 km W from Anavryto, about 8 or 9 km north from Routsi, 6 km southeast of Megalopoli,...
to the N, Anemodouri
Anemodouri
Anemodouri is a village located on the northwestern slopes of Tsiberou in eastern Falaisia in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece. Anemodouri is linked by a provincial road with Anavryto and the main highway...
to the NE and E, and Anavryto
Anavryto
Anavryto is a community divided into two villages, Ano Anavryto which is on the western part of mount Tsiberou, and Kato Anavryto on the other side of the valley, west of Anavryto.-Geography:...
to the SE.
Distances
It is located on a road between Megalopolis and Anavryto, about 45 km SW of TripoliTripoli, Greece
Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...
, 6 km W of Anavryto, about 13 km SE of Megalopoli and about 65 km NNE of Kalamata
Kalamata
Kalamata is the second-largest city of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. The capital and chief port of the Messenia prefecture, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf...
and E of Kyparissia
Kyparissia
Kyparissia is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Trifylia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The town proper has around 5,708 inhabitants. The town is located on Greek National Road 9,...
.
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 69 |
| 2001 | 67 |
About Routsi
The village has a church, a small plateia, and a small train station located down the valley connecting the rail near the main road (Megalopolis-Anavryto). The station has two windows and a door facing the east. The village is situated on a hill and is almost completely surrounded by a forest. The main road in the center is divided into two narrow parts. Light green grasslands are to the south and the southeast. Mountains are to the south and east. The north branch of the Alfeios river flows around the area. Routsi has no nearby interchange with the new road.Information
Its residential houses and buildings are on the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1970s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and Internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technologies are not seen.Routsi was devastated by an enormous forest fire on Sunday August 26, 2007. Routsi did not burn and the houses are now safe. The forests around Routsi and around hundreds of hectares were 70% burned. There were no firefighters and the residents of this little village were forced to save their own lives. Choppers and planes battled the blaze as it arrived during the afternoon hours and spread into Voutsara during the night. It may take several years to restore the area's natural beauty.
Routsi has a restaurant-bar in it, but no hotel or hostel. Routsi is a very relaxed village and it has a seventeen stable livery. On August 6 they organize a celebration for their main church Agia Swthra.